While working on this piece, she was captivated by an image of a baby bat that appeared online—its adorably unfamiliar face left a lasting impression. She later visited the zoo in Ueno to observe the creatures. The enclosures felt too small and made her sad, but the bats' wings and movements were strikingly beautiful. A small bat clinging to an apple helped her grasp the animal’s scale in a visceral way. Through the process of painting, a bat’s right arm, a front-facing face, and even the face of a dog emerged. The piece eventually felt like a visual metaphor for the beginning of life itself, and thus came to be titled Bats.